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Zach

親近感

Reading

Kana: しんきんかん
Romaji: shinkinkan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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affinity

Kanji

Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation

Example Sentence

いやいや、結構(けっこう)結構(けっこう)(した)名前(なまえ)()()うのは親近感(しんきんかん)がわいてよろしいことだ。
➥Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.
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